N6917C_1964_MUC_1600_AG
Photo taken by Artur Gagel, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
1964
N6917C / fleet number 807
Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
1049H-4815
Flying Tiger Line
Flying Tiger Line’s Super Constellation N6917C (identified by the fleet number 807 on the nose landing gear door) on the Riem apron ca. mid-1964. The construction of the Lufthansa maintenance hangar in the background was started in ca. April 1964 and finished in October 1965, here it is still in an early stage with only two of the huge girders erected. Behind the Super Constellation, there is a Trans Mediterranean Airways (TMA) Cargo DC-4 on the left, a Flying Enterprise AB (of Denmark) DC-7 in the middle and a KLM Viscount on the right.
Information from ruudleeuw.com:
Lockheed L.1049H Super Constellation c/n 4815 was first delivered to Flying Tigers on 09Apr57 as N6917C, Leased Mar'66 & returned May '66 by Mercury General Aviation/Flying Tiger Air Svcs., bought by Murphree Air Int'l 28Feb69, to North Slope Supply Company 1969 but acquisition cancelled, bought by Sandy L. Murphy 02Jan70, to Trademark Leasors 10Feb70, to Aerofletes Int'les (AFISA) as HP-526 (named 'Orula) Aug.'70 and as N6917C to A/c Pool Lsg / George Arece (apperently its only aircraft) on 06Jul73. Leased by ANDES Nov.73.
Destroyed 15Dec73 at Miami,FL. Crashed after take off 4kms east of Miami 15Dec73.
ruudleeuw.com/others-ron_mak-p4.htm
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/N6917C/779860
N6917C with Flying Tiger Line at BRU ca. 1964 ('807' clearly visible on the nose landing gear door):
www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/001/228/001228520.jpg
Cockpit view of N6917C with Flying Tiger Line at MIA in July 1965:
www.airlinefan.com/photos/memberdir203/watermarked/large_...
N6917C with Flying Tiger Line landing at Tachikawa Airfield [RJTC] in July 1966 (now marked 17C on the nose landing gear door):
freighter.flyteam.jp/photo/3444969/960x960.jpg
This airframe as HP-526 with AFISA at MIA in October 1970 (basic Flying Tiger Line colours, no titles):
www.airhistory.net/photo/8030/HP-526
HP-526 with AFISA at MIA ca. 1970 (basic Flying Tiger Line colours, with titles):
www.airteamimages.com/pics/229/229979_big.jpg
HP-526 'Orula' with AFISA at MIA in June 1973 (full colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/7/9/0/5602097.jpg
Scan from unknown black&white film (print or negative).
N6917C_1964_MUC_1600_AG
Photo taken by Artur Gagel, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
1964
N6917C / fleet number 807
Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
1049H-4815
Flying Tiger Line
Flying Tiger Line’s Super Constellation N6917C (identified by the fleet number 807 on the nose landing gear door) on the Riem apron ca. mid-1964. The construction of the Lufthansa maintenance hangar in the background was started in ca. April 1964 and finished in October 1965, here it is still in an early stage with only two of the huge girders erected. Behind the Super Constellation, there is a Trans Mediterranean Airways (TMA) Cargo DC-4 on the left, a Flying Enterprise AB (of Denmark) DC-7 in the middle and a KLM Viscount on the right.
Information from ruudleeuw.com:
Lockheed L.1049H Super Constellation c/n 4815 was first delivered to Flying Tigers on 09Apr57 as N6917C, Leased Mar'66 & returned May '66 by Mercury General Aviation/Flying Tiger Air Svcs., bought by Murphree Air Int'l 28Feb69, to North Slope Supply Company 1969 but acquisition cancelled, bought by Sandy L. Murphy 02Jan70, to Trademark Leasors 10Feb70, to Aerofletes Int'les (AFISA) as HP-526 (named 'Orula) Aug.'70 and as N6917C to A/c Pool Lsg / George Arece (apperently its only aircraft) on 06Jul73. Leased by ANDES Nov.73.
Destroyed 15Dec73 at Miami,FL. Crashed after take off 4kms east of Miami 15Dec73.
ruudleeuw.com/others-ron_mak-p4.htm
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/N6917C/779860
N6917C with Flying Tiger Line at BRU ca. 1964 ('807' clearly visible on the nose landing gear door):
www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/001/228/001228520.jpg
Cockpit view of N6917C with Flying Tiger Line at MIA in July 1965:
www.airlinefan.com/photos/memberdir203/watermarked/large_...
N6917C with Flying Tiger Line landing at Tachikawa Airfield [RJTC] in July 1966 (now marked 17C on the nose landing gear door):
freighter.flyteam.jp/photo/3444969/960x960.jpg
This airframe as HP-526 with AFISA at MIA in October 1970 (basic Flying Tiger Line colours, no titles):
www.airhistory.net/photo/8030/HP-526
HP-526 with AFISA at MIA ca. 1970 (basic Flying Tiger Line colours, with titles):
www.airteamimages.com/pics/229/229979_big.jpg
HP-526 'Orula' with AFISA at MIA in June 1973 (full colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/7/9/0/5602097.jpg
Scan from unknown black&white film (print or negative).